The Winslow House in River Forest, Illinois, holds a significant place in Frank Lloyd Wright’s canon: it was his first major commission as an independent architect and was the forerunner to his highly popular prairie style. Now, the heritage-listed home is heading to market after a total refurb.

Wright designed the historic property near Chicago, for ironworks manufacturer William Winslow in 1893. It’s experimental in style, mixing and matching elements from his time with mentor Louis Sullivan and his own emerging design ideas, such as its low roofline with wide eaves, which became a signature of his work, inspired by the flat prairie terrain.

Winslow House is listed for $1.98m via Elizabeth August of @ Properties Christie’s International Real Estate, having undergone an extensive, million-dollar renovation by architect couple Arthur and Susan Vogt. The retired couple (self-confessed Wright fans) purchased the home for $1.3m in 2016. Arthur told Architectural Digest, ‘I think of it as our personal philanthropy project’, with the couple eating the cost of most of the renovations to ensure the building’s future.

The five-bedroom Illinois property spans 5,000 sq ft and has ornate woodwork and original stained glass throughout. A large Inglenook fireplace features in the living room and the layout is open-plan – a visionary concept for the period.

The Vogts have fully modernised the home, overhauling its electricals, adding air conditioning, temp control, a generator and a tankless water heater. They also remodelled the bathrooms and landscaped the grounds with the help of landscape architect Carol Yetken.

It also comes with a newly-renovated coach house, a self-contained one-bedroom guest house with a kitchen, 1.5 bathrooms and an upstairs living room and den.

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